Charts on Open Theism and Orthodoxy

by House, H. Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780825428807
• ISBN10: 0825428807
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Kregel Pubns

Summary

A thorough yet concise reference guide to the major issues, sources, and critiques of the openness of God theory (neotheism).

Author Biography

H. Wayne House (M.A., Abilene Christian University; Th.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis; J.D., Regent University School of Law) is President and Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Oregon Theological Seminary; Distinguished Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Faith Seminary in Tacoma, Washington; and Adjunct Professor of Law, Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	10	(1)
Acknowledgements	11	(3)
1. Terms and Definitions
Simplicity	14	(1)
Pure Actuality	14	(1)
Necessity	14	(1)
Aseity	15	(1)
Immutability	16	(1)
Impassibility	17	(1)
Eternality	18	(1)
Transcendence	19	(1)
Immanence	19	(1)
Infinity	20	(1)
Omnipotence	20	(1)
Omniscience	21	(1)
Omnipresence	22	(1)
Sovereignty	23	(1)
Relation to Creation	24	(2)
2. Hermeneutics and Theological Language
Concepts
Univocal	26	(1)
Equivocal	26	(1)
Analogical	26	(1)
Predication
Univocal	27	(1)
Equivocal	27	(1)
Analogical	27	(2)
Anthropomorphic Language
Anthropomorphism	29	(1)
Anthropopoiesis	29	(1)
Anthropopathism	29	(3)
3. The Doctrine of Scripture in Open Theism
Inerrancy	32	(1)
Predictive Prophecy	33	(1)
Inspiration	34	(2)
4. Historical Understandings of Ultimate Reality and God
Greek Philosophers
Parmenides	36	(1)
Heraclitus	36	(1)
Pythagoras	37	(1)
Plato	37	(2)
Aristotle	39	(2)
Plotinus	41	(1)
Church Fathers
Justin Martyr	42	(1)
Irenaeus	43	(1)
Tertullian	44	(1)
Origen	45	(1)
Cappadocian Fathers	46	(1)
Lactantius	47	(1)
Medieval Theologians
Augustine	48	(2)
Anselm	50	(1)
Thomas Aquinas	51	(2)
Reformation and Post-Reformation Theologians
Martin Luther	53	(1)
John Calvin	54	(1)
Jacob Arminius	55	(1)
John Wesley	56	(2)
5. Historical Views on the Attributes of God
Church Fathers
Simplicity	58	(1)
Immutability	59	(1)
Impassibility	60	(1)
Eternality	61	(1)
Omniscience	62	(2)
Sovereignty	64	(1)
Medieval Theologians
Simplicity	65	(1)
Immutability	66	(1)
Impassibility	67	(1)
Eternality	68	(1)
Omniscience	69	(1)
Sovereignty	70	(1)
Reformation and Post-Reformation Theologians
Simplicity	71	(1)
Immutability	72	(1)
Impassibility	73	(1)
Eternality	74	(1)
Omniscience	75	(1)
Sovereignty	76	(1)
Puritan Theologians
Simplicity	77	(1)
Immutability	78	(1)
Impassibility	79	(1)
Eternality	80	(1)
Omniscience	81	(1)
Sovereignty	82	(1)
Modern Theologians
Simplicity	83	(1)
Immutability	84	(1)
Impassibility	85	(1)
Eternality	86	(1)
Omniscience	87	(1)
Sovereignty	88	(2)
6. Open Theism Compared with Other Theological Systems
Attributes of God
Simplicity	90	(2)
Pure Actuality	92	(1)
Necessity	93	(1)
Infinity	94	(2)
Eternality	96	(2)
Aseity	98	(1)
Immutability	99	(2)
Impassibility	101	(2)
Immanence	103	(2)
Transcendence	105	(1)
Omniscience	106	(2)
Omnipresence	108	(2)
Omnipotence	110	(2)
Sovereignty	112	(2)
Relationship to Creation	114	(2)
Related Theological Issues
Human Free Will	116	(3)
Hermeneutics	119	(2)
Suffering	121	(2)
Prayer	123	(2)
Salvation	125	(9)
Bibliography	134